SUPERANNUATION

Policy & Regulation

The Treasurer, Scott Morrison, has left little doubt that the super tax concessions will change in the Budget....

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Superannuation

Capital gains, negative gearing, company tax, and family trust tax concessions are worth far more than super tax concessions, Vision Super believes....

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Superannuation

The Government’s discussion paper on legislating a “purpose” for super defines it as a policy guide rather than a law....

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Superannuation

Tender consultants have confirmed that a number of corporate and industry funds are conducting group life tenders at the same time as CommInsure has encountered adverse p...

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Superannuation

The FSC, AIST, ASFA and ISA have all welcomed the Government’s move to enshrine superannuation in legislation, and hoped this would bring certainty to super policies. ...

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Life/Risk

Financial advisers have a critical role in helping their clients to deal with life insurance claims, AFA chief executive, Brad Fox believes....

Superannuation

SMSF investors need to invest in a more diverse range of equities to grow wealth at a much faster rate, OnMarket BookBuilds believes....

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Financial planning

There is a “black hole” in unadvised workers’ understanding of how much they will need to sustain their retirements, an international advisory firm reports....

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds will need to adopt a ‘horses for courses’ approach when considering if and how they implement in-house funds management, the CIFR believes....

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Superannuation

A surge in retail and wholesale FUM and advice has seen the sector “outstrip” superannuation growth over the 12 months to December, 2015, according to new findings by DEX...

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds need to know how much their equity trading costs as there could be considerable savings made, according to Parametric....

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Superannuation

To support the growth of its business First State Super has changed its custodian to State Street, from J.P. Morgan....

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Superannuation

The Government must introduce super policies that take into account gender pay gap, and broken work patterns in women, rather than sticking to policies conducive to full-...

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Financial planning

The Government cannot afford to find more money to subsidise family allowances and need to reallocate their resources to help women’s retirement, NGS Super believes....

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Funds management

Half year figures showing a 172 per cent increase in post-tax profit reflect a turn-around in fortunes for responsible investment fund manager, Australian Ethical....

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